W. Va. Code § 38-1A-5
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§38-1A-5. Recovery of commissions, costs and expenses following sale by nonresident trustee.
Official statutory text
In the event a nonresident trustee shall sell under a security trust, the grantor in the security trust may, within one year from the day of such sale, in the circuit court of the county where the sale was held or where the property was situate at the time of sale, recover from such trustee all commissions, costs and expenses of sale deducted by such trustee from the proceeds of such sale or received by the trustee on account of such sale, with interest at six percent from the date of such sale.
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